Cold Fronts:Rapid Movement (30 kts average)

Warm Fronts:Slow Movement (15 kts average)

Cold Fronts:Pushes under the warm air

Warm Fronts:Rides over the cold air

Cold Fronts:Temperature inversion at and behind surface front

Warm Fronts:Temperature inversion at and ahead of surface front

Cold Fronts:Steep frontal slope

Warm Fronts:Shallow frontal slope

Cold Fronts:Narrow frontal zone at and behind the front

Warm fronts:Wide frontal zone at and ahead of the front

Cold Fronts:Thunderstorms & showers

Warm Fronts:Drizzle and steady precipitation

Cold Fronts:Cumuliform clouds

Warm Fronts:Stratiform clouds

Cold fronts:Turbulent

Warm Fronts:Smooth

Cold Fronts:Good visibility outside of showers

Warm Fronts:Poor visibility

COLD FRONT WEATHER

Clouds (Prior To Passage: Cirrus, Towering Cumulous, Cumulonimbus / During Passage: Towering Cumulous, Cumulonimbus/ After Passage: Cumulus)

Precipitation (Prior To Passage: Showers / During Passage: Heavy Showers, Hail, Lightning, Thunder / After Passage: Light Showers)

Visibility (Prior To Passage: Fair In Haze / During Passage: Poor / After Passage: Good)

Wind (Prior To Passage: SSW / During Passage: Variable Gusty / After Passage: NNW)

Temperature (Prior To Passage: Warm / During Passage: Suddenly Cooler / After Passage: Cooler)

Dewpoint (Prior To Passage: High / During Passage: Dropping Rapidly / After Passage: Continued Drop)

Pressure (Prior To Passage: Falling / During Passage: Bottoms Out Then Rising / After Passage: Rising)

WARM FRONT WEATHER

Clouds (Prior To Passage: Cirrus, Stratiform, Fog, Possible Cumulonimbus / During Passage: Stratiform / After Passage: Stratocumulus, Possible Cumulonimbus)

Precipitation (Prior To Passage: Moderate Rain, Drizzle, Sleet, Snow / During Passage: Drizzle, If Any / After Passage: Rain Or Showers, If Any)

Visibility (Prior To Passage: Very Poor / During Passage: Poor / After Passage: Fair In Haze)

Wind (Prior To Passage: SSE / During Passage: Variable / After Passage: SSW)

Temperature (Prior To Passage: Cold To Cool / During Passage: Rising Steadily / After Passage: Remaining Warm)

Dewpoint (Prior To Passage: Rising Steadily / During Passage: Steady / After Passage: Rising, Then Steady)

Pressure (Prior To Passage: Falling / During Passage: Becoming Steady  / After Passage: Slight Rise, Then Falling)